Trousettes



April 1950 A. L. WESTFALL 2,505,165

Y TROUSETTES 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 4, 1947 April 25, 1950 A. L.'WESTFALL 2,505,165

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flaw Z WW BY mm Patented Apr. 25 1950 UNITED sTATEsrATENT op ROUSETTESAda L. Westfall, Jacksonville, Fla. Application March 4, 1947, SerialN0. 732,149

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-224) My invention relates to garments, and ticularly tothose under garments which are worn about the lower part of the body,from the waist downward to a point between the crotch and the knee, andwhich are commonly known as panties or trousettes. provide a garmentwhich may be made at low .cost; but which at the same time shall becomelevation. Figure 4 shows the-front leglet as cut out. Figure 5 showsthe front leglet joined to the bottom of the front gore. Figure 6 showsthe rear gore as cut out. Figure 7 shows the rear left leglet; andFigure 8 the rear right leglet.

In the several figures: the Vs shown as cut in the edges of the severalparts of the garment, as at 2, '4, 6, are used to indicate how and wherecertain parts are to be fitted together. For instance: a point markedwith three Vs on one part is aligned with a point also marked with threeVs on another part; or a point marked with one V on a part is alignedwith a point marked with one V on another part. 7

The several parts of my trousette having been cut out: I assemble themand join them together, usually by means of a fiat seam; reinforcingthose seams which are likely to be subjected to strain by means of atape sewndown on the seam. After joining the several parts together, thefree edges may be finished by a whipped hem.

I cut the rear gore as shown in Figured It is trapezoidal in shape, withits upper edge shorter than its lower edge; and with its lower edgeoppositely and concavely curved a little downward from each end of thegore toward the center line of the gore and to a place adjacent to it.

In the drawing, Fig. 6, the space between the adjacent ends of the twocurves I2 and I4 is indicated by a line 11. This line may be nearer toor farther from a line joining the two bottom corners of the rear gore,depending upon the size of the garment.

Darts 8, 8, are cut in the ends of the rear gore, and when the edges ofeach dart are sewn together the rear gore will be given a fullness.

The left and the right rear leglets, l8 and 20, Figs. 8 and '7 are cutin the form of a trapezium, in which no two sides are equal in length.The lower edge in Fig. 8 and also in Fig. 7 is longer than the upperedge, and one end is longer than par?- The object of my invention is tothe other. These two rear leglets are alike in shape; but one is thereverse of the other. To shape the rear gore I0: I close the darts 8, 8;sewing their edges together. I then join the upper edge of the left rearleglet l8, and the upper edge 'of the right rear leglet 20, to thebottom edges l2 and I4, respectively, of the rear gore I; arranging theshorter end of eachleglet in line with the adjacent end of the reargore. The length of the upper edges of the two leglets l8 and 20 is suchthat when sewn to the bottom of the rear gore In there will be a space,indicated by the line p, between them.

The front gore is shorter than the rear gore. It also is trapezoidal inform; its lower edge being slightly longer than its upper edge. Thesetwo edges are preferably slightly concave. The two ends of the frontgore are slightly convex. The depth of the two ends is substantiallyequal to the shortened ends of the rear gore when the darts 8, 8 havebeen closed. To the ends of the rear gore the ends of the front gore aresewn; that is to say: the two ends 42 and 44' of the front gore are sewnto the two ends 46 and 48, respectively, of the rear gore.

The front leglet is indicated by the numeral 26 in Fig. 4. I have herethe right and left front leglets; but they are cut in one piece. Thispiece: bounded by the base mn, the convexly curved sides 3 and t, andthe ends 29 and 30; is slotted on its vertical center line, the slothaving curved sides 32 and 34. At the bottom of the slot the asindicated by the line 36 in Fig. 4. This again depends upon the size ofthe garment.

a I now take the front leglet 26, and open the ends 29 and 3 of theleglet until the sides 32 and 34 of the slot are in line; and I thenregister the inner edge of the leglet formed by the slot sides 32 and 34with the base line 38 of the front gore 4'0, and sew them together (Fig.5). The front leglet 26 now forms the right and the left front leglets21 and 28, seen in Fig. 5.

Because the lower edges u and v of the left and the right rear legletsl8 and 20 are longer than the upper edges of the same; and because theouter edges s and .t of the front leglet 26 are longer than the inneredges of the slot in the said leglet; the outer edges of the severalleglets when assembled in the garment will have the loose and wavy lineshown in Fig. 5, instead of a tight line fitting closely to the thighs;an advantage when the wearer stoops or sits.

The lengths of the small ends of the rear leg- 3 lets l8 and 20 aresubstantially equal to the lengths of the free ends 29 and 38 of thefront leglets 21 and 28; and the former are sewn, one to each of thelatter.

There now remain free, at the lower part of the trousette, the followingedges: the edge m--n of the front leglet 26 (Figure 4); the edge 1) ofthe extension [6 of the back gore i; and the edges qand r of the rearleglets l8 and 20 respectively. These three edges p, q and r aretogether equal in length to the edge m-n of the front leglet 26; and,being arranged in line, they are joined to the said edge mn of the frontleglet 26.

The trousette is now complete, .except ;for the waistband, which isplaced alongthe topedges w and a: of the front gore 40 aridthe back goreII], respectively. This waistband may be of anysuitable type, preferablyelastic.

e eim A Atmhee e om r ng er a go e, a frqh ;gore, a left hand rearleglet, a right hand rear es e ,.and.a e le le e r e 1 e hee greaterlength than depth, trapezoidal in shape and with its upper edge shorterthan its lower ,edge, the said lower edge being oppositely and.conqavely'curved downward from theends of the E93? toward the center,the said gore having darts cut in a end t e dg of e ch dart bei g sewntogether to shorten the ends of 'the gore to give it fullness; a frontgore substantially trapezoidal inshape, shorter in length ,than the reargore, with inwardly curved upper and lower ed e a d w en wer eu e ehsedge h sai ehd ede'eshe he sub t n a l equal in len :t he s orten d e dof e ree e e t e w ich the arerespeeti el Sewn; a front g e pi p an hain a uh t hti l s rai ht base l ne a d convexly curved sides, the saidleglet piece-being lette ve tica y he ee li e h h slot al n itsedee ilequa nle tnthe l we ed .ef t front o to wi th ed he s i ne e es the s inthe fr n leglet a e e a ft rear e let b hein sha e tr e um a ineelen ele tem ed tha u pe d eah one rend ens r th h' e othe end the sa l lethein eewn hyits pe ed e to he el eved .lee iie tie ge i the rea g e nd wt its onger en adjac n th heme" lin o t e r o e; ;e1righ :rea 1eg1et-heii sh pe a apezium hav n e .lenser bot om ed en u e edge and b t end lone than th other d t e s id legle zbein sewn b its uppe ed e to the u llewe r h ed of t e re r or an with it ehge end adiacentth cente l ne ofth rear ore, t e sa dleft and ri ht ea le l e he' ar an with respect tothe rear gore that the longer ends of the two leglets with that part ofthe lower edge of the rear gore which lies between them will form anedge which substantially equals in length the base line of the frontleglet piece and is sewn thereto; and the free ends of the said frontleglet piece are sewn one to each of the shorter and free ends of theright and left rear leglets.

2. A trousette comprising a rear gore having greater length than depth,its lower edge being oppositely curved downward from the ends of thegore toward the center, the said gore having darts cut in each end theedges of each of which darts are sewn together; a front gore shorter in:lngth than the rear gore with a concavely curved lower edge, and withend edges substantially'equal in length to the shortened ends of ,therearigore to which they are respectively sewn;

a front leglet piece in plan having a base line and ,convexly curvedsides, the said leglet piece being slotted verticallyon its center linethe edges of the slot being equal in length to .the lower edge oftheifront lgorelto Which they are sewn; a left rear leglet having alonger bottom edge than upper edge and one end longer than the otherend, the said leglet being sewn by its upper edge to the curved lowerleft edgeof the rear gore with which lies between them will form an edgewhich substantially-equals in length the base lineof the front legletpiece and is sewn thereto; and the free ends of the said front legletpiece being sewn one to each of the shorter and free ends of the rightand left rear leglets.

' ADA L. WESTEALL.

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